- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA WRIT PETITION NO. 2923 OF 2026 (LB-RES-PIL) BETWEEN: 1. SRI RENUKA YALLAMMA TEMPLE TRUST HAVING OFFICE AT RENUKA YELLAMMA TEMPLE KONANAKUNTE POST BENGALURU - 560 062 REPRESENTED BY ITS VICE PRESIDENT SRI LAKSHAMANA S/O SHAMANNA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS NO.111/3, CHUNCHAGHATTA MAIN ROAD KONANAKUNTE BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 2. SMT. CHITRA. C W/O VINOD KUMAR AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS NO 82, 6TH CROSS CHUNCHAGHATTA VILLAGE KONANAKUNTE POST KANAKI BANGALORE SOUTH BENGALURU - 560 062 3. SMT.VIJAYALAKSHMI R W/O CHIKKAPULLAPPA Digitally signed by SRIDEVI S Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS NO. 126, 2ND MAIN, 3RD CROSS ANNAPURNESWARI LAYOUT CHUNCHAGHATTA BANGALORE SOUTH - 560 062 4. SMT. HARILAKSHMI MUKUNDA W/O MUKUNDA R AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS NO.314, 1ST CROSS, SOLAPPA GARDEN CHUNCHAGHATTA BANGALORE - 560 062 5. SRI MANJUNATH R S/O. RAM MURTHY C AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS R/AT NO.62, NADU BIDI ROAD BEHIND YELLAMMA TEMPLE CHUNCHAGHATTA, KONANAKUNTE BANGALORE - 560 062 6. SRI.MANJUNATHA H S/O HANUMAIAH AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS NO.26. CHUNCHAGHATTA MAIN ROAD NEAR RENUKAMBANAGARA PATEL NARAYANA SWAMY LAYOUT BANGALORE SOUTH KONANAKUNTE BENGALURU - 560 062 7. SRI K ANANTHA S/O KRISHNAMURTHY AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS NO.303, CHIKKASAMPPANA BUILDING 2ND FLOOR, GOVT. SCHOOL ROAD CHUNCHAGHATTA MAIN ROAD BANGALORE SOUTH - 560 062 - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 8. SRI RENUKADEVI SELF HELP GROUP CHUNCHA GHATTA REP. BY JAYALAKSHMI KONANAKUNTE BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 9. SRI VIVEK S S/O SURESH R AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS NO.314, SOLAPPA GARDEN, 1ST CROSS, KOTTANOOR MAIN ROAD CHUNCHAGHATTA BANGALORE SOUTH - 560 062 10. SRI RUDRESH S S/O SHANTHARAJU K.M. AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS NO. EA 89/3, AK COLONY KONANAKUNTE, CHUNCHAGHATTA BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 11. SMT. GEETHA V W/O VEERAPPA AGED ABOUT 41YEARS NO. 40, ANNAPURNESHWARI LAYOUT CHUNCHAGHATTA BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 12. SMT. NEELAMMA W/O PARUSHARAM AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS NO. 82, 6TH CROSS NEAR GOVERNMENT SCHOOL CHUNCHAGHATTA BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 13. SMT. RAMAMMA W/O RAMAMURTHY AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS NO.62, RENUKAMBA TEMPLE CHUNCHAGHATTA BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 14. SMT. NARAYANA S/O THIMMARAYAPPA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS NO.2, SHARADA NAGAR, 1ST CROSS CHUNCHAGHATT MAIN ROAD BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 15. SMT. KANTHAMMA W/O RAJENDRA PRASAD AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS NO. 47, NEAR RENUKA YELLAMMA TEMPLE CHUNCHAGHATTA VILLAGE BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 16. SRI RAJESH N S/O NARAYANAPPA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS NO. 51, NEAR RENUKA YELLAMMA TEMPLE CHUNCHAGHATTA VILLAGE BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 17. SRI.UPENDRA KUMAR H.K. S/O KRISHNE GOWDA AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS NO. 3, 2ND CROSS NEAR RENUKA YELLAMMA TEMPLE CHUNCHAGHATTA VILLAGE BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 18. SRI SURESH R S/O RAMANNA S AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS NO. 314, 1ST CROSS SOLOPPA GARDEN, CHUNCHAGHATTA BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 19. SRI CHANDRASHEKAR S/O SANJEEV AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS R/AT. NO.624, PATEL NARAYANASWAMY LAYOUT CHUNCHAGATTA MAIN ROAD BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 20. SRI RAMANNA S S/O SOLAPPA AGED ABOUT 79 YEARS R/AT. NO.314, 1ST CROSS SOLAPPA GURDEN CHUNCHAGATTA MAIN ROAD BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 21. SRI NALRAJU S/O ABBANNA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS R/AT. NO.25, 4TH CROSS NEAR YELLAMMA TEMPLE CHUNCHAGATTA MAIN ROAD BENGALURU SOUTH - 560 062 …PETITIONERS (BY SMT. K. SHOBHA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 PRINCIPAL SECRETARY URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU - 560 001 2. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REP. BY ITS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU - 560 001 3. THE UNDER SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (GBA) AND BENGALURU CITY CORPORATION AND COORDINATION, VIKAS SOUDHA BENGALURU - 560 001 4. THE GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER 2ND BLOCK, 9TH CROSS JAYANAGARA EAST BENGALURU - 560 011 5. DELIMITATION COMMITTEE GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY 2ND BLOCK, 9TH CROSS JAYANAGARA EAST, BENGALURU - 560 011 REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. NILOUFER AKBAR, AGA FOR R-1 TO 3; SRI B.L. SANJEEV, ADVOCATE FOR R-4 & 5) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT TO QUASH THE FINAL NOTIFICATION DATED 19/11/2025 - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 BEARING NO.UDD 293 BBS 2025 [AS ANNEXURE-G] PASSED BY 3RD RESPONDENT, UNDER SECRETARY TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WITH RESPECT TO WARD NO.43 "BEERESHWARANAGARA" WARD, SAME TO BE RENAMED AS "CHUNCHAGHATTA" WARD AND CONSEQUENTLY DECLARE THAT THE WARD NO.43 SHALL PREVAIL AS CHUNCHAGHATTA, INSTEAD OF BEERESHWARANAGARA & ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The petitioners have filed the present petition as a Public Interest Litigation [PIL], inter alia, impugning the notification dated 19.11.2025 bearing No.UDO-293-BBS/2025, passed by respondent No.3, with regard to Ward No.43-'Beereshwaranagara' Ward. The petitioners seek that the said ward be renamed as 'Chunchaghatta'. 2. First of all, we find that no fundamental rights of the petitioners or any other person are violated by naming the ward as Beereshwaranagara. Whereas, the petitioners may be of the - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8144-DB WP No. 2923 of 2026 opinion that the ward in question should be named as Chunchaghatta Ward, clearly, this is not a cause which should engage the judicial time of this Court. 3. Any opinion that the petitioners may have or any thought that may pass through their mind cannot be transcribed into a public interest litigation. This is an unjustifiable imposition on judicial time. 4. In view of the above, the present petition is dismissed with costs quantified at Rs.5,000/-. The costs shall be paid to the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority within a period of two (02) weeks from date. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE SD List No.: 2 Sl No.: 2